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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.oil; fat; grease
煎鸡蛋要多放点油。
You have to put in more oil when making an omelet.
水油不相溶。
Oil and water do not mix.
油快用完了。
The oil is running short.
- 2
adj.glib; oily
这家伙嘴很油。
The fellow has a very glib tongue.
他打牌很油。
He is a dab hand at playing cards.
他油腔滑调。
He is glib.
- 3
v.apply tung oil or paint; varnish
油家具
paint over the furniture
把桌子油成蓝色
paint the table blue
油门窗
paint the doors and windows
synonym
- 4
v.be stained with oil or grease
外套油了。
The coat has got oil stains on it.
你别弄油了我的衬衫。
You don't grease my shirt.
Words and phrases with 油
- 油价[word]petrol price
- 油酸[word]oleic acid
- 油精[word]olein
- 油井[word]oil well
- 油料[word]oil-bearing seed; fuel
- 油库[word]oil depot
- 油船[word]oil tanker
- 油性[word]greasiness
- 油毡[word]asphalt/tarred felt
- 油嘴滑舌[idiom]glib
- 油头滑脑[idiom]crooked
- 油头粉面[idiom]heavily made-up
- 油腔滑调[idiom]oily
- 油尽灯枯[idiom]with the oil running dry and the lamp light going out
- 油光水滑[idiom]sleek
- 油然而生[idiom]arise spontaneously
- 油煎火燎[idiom]burning with anxiety; fried in oil and burnt with fire
- 油盐酱醋[idiom]basic necessities in cooking
Word usage
- common measure word"油" is often matched with measure word "克"or"滴"or"瓶".
一克油
one gram of oil
一滴油
one drop of oil
一瓶油
one bottle of oil